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Other pottery patterns, such as those found throughout the Seneca 

 district and western New York, have a narrow rim, on the lower 

 side of which is a series of notches or projecting teeth. Sometimes 

 this rim is devoid of these projections and has obhque parallel lines 

 drawn at distances to the edge of the rim. 

 This form is similar to the ordinary bark 

 basket simply bound with an ash splint and 

 an elm bark tape. It is of value to note 

 for comparative purposes that the quilled 

 or chevron pattern is far more prevalent in 

 the Alohawk-Onondaga district than it is 

 in Western New York or in the Seneca- 

 Erie region. 



It is of great importance to note that Iro- 

 quois pottery never has a circular or scroll- 

 like design such as is found upon the pots 



of the south and upon certain Ohio village sites. The absence of any 

 curved decorations or scroll designs is significant and is one of the 

 things which points out a deliberate attempt to avoid the distinctive 

 art of certain other tribes. 



Fig. 17. Rare Iroquois 

 pottery design, Jeffefson 

 county 



Fig. 18 Effigy of seated human figure, terra cotta pipe from Jefferson county, 

 probably near Watertown. Collected by W. L. Stone. x7/g 



All Iroquoian pottery seems to have been built <by the coil process, 

 that is to say, it was formed by coiling ropes of clay upon a base 

 and then worked into the desired shape by continuing the coiling 

 process. Very few pots were blackened by pitch smoke although 

 some pipes were treated with this process. 



